Crib



Jan. 30, 1945.

C. E. WEBB CRIB Filed Feb. 27, 1942 Zhwentor Charles E.Webb

attorney Patented Jan. 30, 1945 Charles E. Webb, New London, Wis., assignor to Edison Wood Products, Incorporated, West Orange, N. J., a corporation of New Jersey Application February 27, 1942, Serial No. 432,574

1 Claim.

This invention relates to cribs and more particularly to improved panel mountings for cribs.

It is an object of my invention to provide an improved mounting for the movable side panel of a crib which is simple and economical in construction.

It is another object to provide a crib panel mounting which lends itself to new and'attractive designs.

Other and allied objects of my invention lie in the details of construction and arrangement of parts herein disclosed and will be hereinafter apparent from the following description and the appended claim.

In the disclosure of my invention, reference is had to the accompanying drawing, of which:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary side elevational view of a crib into which my invention is incorporated;

Figure 2 is a horizontal sectional view taken substantially on the line 22 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a fragmentary horizontal sectional view taken substantially on the line 3-3 of Figure 1; and

Figure 4 is a fractional elevational view showing a detail in the construction of the crib.

The crib fractionally shown in the accompanying drawing is provided with corner posts I to which are secured mounting brackets 2 for a mattress frame 3, the frame having headed screws 4 which fit into inclined slots 5 provided in the mounting brackets. Interconnecting the adjacent corner posts is a side panel 6 having top and bottom rails l and vertical slats 8. This panel is mounted on the corner posts to slide vertically and may be latched in raised positions by suitable latches not herein necessary to show. It is with the means by which this panel is mounted on the corner posts that my invention is particularly concerned, wherefore this means is now described in detail.

This mounting means comprises guides 9 secured directly to the adjacent sides of the corner posts I, and slides II] on the ends of the rails 1 which interlockingly engage these guides. While the guides may have an integral construction, and be even formed integrally with the corner posts, I preferably construct them of straight cylindrical tenons or rods H which have slots l2 lengthwise thereof into which are fitted projecting tongues or ribs I 3. The rods H are secured to the ribs l3 and the ribs in turn are secured to the corner posts by screws or nails l4 and in addition by glueing. The slides H), which may be made of wood or other suitable material, have slots or mortises l5 which are shaped to fit the guides. For instance, the mortises have inner circular portions received by the rods II and rectangular portions running out through the ends of the slides which are received by the ribs I3, the ends of the slides being terminated adjacent to the corner posts. In order that the slides may be freely slid along the guides, even should the guides be warped or crooked, the slides are pivotally connected to the ends of the rails l by screws I6, but are preferably shaped to appear as continuous extensions of the rails l.

A guide 9 is provided at each end of each rail 1 and, for conservation of material, these separate guides are made only so long as is necessary to accommodate the range of travel desired for the side panel 6; as this range is typically only about one-half the height of the panel, this expedient of providing separate short guides permits a substantial saving in material. At the tops of the upper guides there are located stops ll for limiting the upward travel of the panel, which may be ball-shaped for decorative purposes. Atthe bottoms of the lower guides there are provided resilient stops l8 made suitably of rubber.

In the present design the guides are permitted to be made of cheap materials such as of wood or plastic, particularly since they are applied to the corner posts along their entire lengths and do not thus have to be made of materials having the strength that is required in other constructions. Being permitted to be niadeof such cheap materials, they may also becheaply fabricated for they may be simply milled in one integral piece out of Wood or be extruded out of plastic.

Also, the guides may be provided in various shapes and colors, as likewise may also the slides ID, to permit various decorative designs for the crib. Thus, it will be seen that I provide a practical panel mounting for a crib which is.economical to construct and which has many decorative possibilities permitting an artful design of the crib.

The embodiment of my invention herein disclosed will be understood to be illustrative and not limitative of my invention as this embodiment is subject tomany changes in the shape of its parts and to other modifications without departure from the scope of my invention, which I endeavor to express according to the following claim.

I claim:

In a crib having corner posts and a movable respective corner post and for spacing the guide member therefrom, said guide and slotted members being interlocked against lateral disengagement and slidable along one another whereby to secure said panel to the corner posts and provide a vertically movable mounting for the same, and said guide members being not substantially longer than said predetermined distance of movement.

CHARLES E. WEBB. 

